Photos of Riley

I took these photos of Riley and she cooperated so nicely. She is alsmost 6 months and she can just about sit up all by herself.
Eli and Riley love each other. Her eyes light up when he enters the room and she has special laughs just for him.

Baby Fashion Show!

You've heard about it and now it's here: the baby fashion show. Okay, so I got so excited the moment I found out I was having a girl and I spent all this money shopping for all the cute little clothes for girls. I spend all this time and energy getting the baby ready for church, only to find out she either spits up all over the dress, or sleeps through the meeting wrapped in a blanket. The best way to fix that is to show off that little cutie and all her outfits with a baby fashion show?
This red dress was given to me by my mother after a shopping trip we spent together. I fell in love with it on the hanger and wore it throughout the Christmas Season and beyond. I even sent Christmas cards out with the Riley dressed in this and Eli in a suit. (One of the pictures seen below.)
I loved the dress so much, I wanted one in a purple and pink color and it looks different enough, that I can justify having both. (She also looks adorable in both.)
This dress and the two below it was given to me by a woman in our ward that was retiring from foster care. She had several boxes and was very generous. The hand-knit sweater and hat was not included, but they were given to me as a gift from another woman in the ward.
This dress and sweater was given to Riley for Christmas this year from her older cousin Sophie, as seen in the blog: Corwin and Sophie.
This dress had four layers of "fru-fru" and I went crazy and had to buy it. It doesn't quite fit yet, but will shortly. I'll probably wear it for Easter.
And last, but totally not least, this dress was made by my mother for me as a baby. I was blessed in this dress at six weeks old and now Riley is in this dress at one week old.

Chesty!

From the time Eli was just little, I would tell him that without a shirt on, he was chesty. I would ask him, "Do you want your pajamas on or do you want to be chesty?" He would usually reply "Chesty." I didn't think much of it until Riley was born and when we would change her clothes, he would call her "Chesty" as well.
Well, last night at Family Night, we were learning about the creation of Adam and Eve. Eli would point to the pictures (child pictures, nothing inappropriate), and say they were "Chesty." We then replied, yes, Adam and Eve were chesty." Later the next morning, we were reviewing the lesson at breakfast and Eli told us that "God made Adam and a chesty woman."
On a more precious note, at the lesson, we asked Eli "Did God make Eli." He replied "No." We told him that God did make Eli, and the expression on his face was priceless, he opened his mouth wide and his eyes wider.

Fun at Grandma Danna's House

We went to Grandma Danna's house this weekend and Grandpa Don had a tractor. Oh so much for for two little boys. They climbed all over it (as seen below) and pushed just about every button on it. It's a good thing that Mommy took the key away before they started.
While we were there at Grandma Danna's house, the boys spent a lot of time on the trampoline, as seen in the picture below, taken in July 2010. We would keep our eye on them through the window and when we wouldn't see them, we would go out and herd them back to the trampoline. This weekend, we looked out the window and didn't see them, so we went to find them. They were busy stuffing a purple foam water noodle into Grandma Cookies' dryer vent.

Eli at Primary

Eli has been working on potty training for a while now and a few weeks ago, he went to church without a pull-up or diaper! We were so pleased with him and he is so pleased with himself, that he decided to announce that he went potty (inbetween meetings) to the whole primary.
Not too long after that, I was trying to get him to go and I told him that he could have a Disney Cars toy from up in Grandma's closet if he went potty 3 times. He really wanted that toy and he wouldn't stop asking for it. He asked Grandma for it and she asked him "What do we have to do to get that toy?" He the replied, "We need to get a stool."
Eli has been so much fun, despite all the accidents, and Riley has been very precious. They get along so great, she has special smiles just for him and she will laugh for only him so far. Eli loves her very much keeps her in his mind often. About a week ago, I asked Eli if he wanted to go upstairs to visit Grandma (I intended for Riley and Eli) and he told me, "Mom, You forgot the baby. I remembered."